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Ezlivin

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1. It's amazing what these terrorists can do with our help

Reply to Amerigo Vespucci (Original post)

Tue May 8, 2012, 06:39 PM

May 2012

The CIA and the FBI are known for supplying "terrorists" with all the stuff they need to do the job.

What goes unsaid is that while many of these people do harbor anger and hatred, they are pretty much incapable of mounting any serious threat. That is, without the CIA/FBI's help.

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Officials: Al-Qaida bomber was CIA informant [View all] Amerigo Vespucci May 2012 OP

It's amazing what these terrorists can do with our help Ezlivin May 2012 #1

While I'm certain ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2012 #5

LA Times story here: muriel_volestrangler May 2012 #2

Awesome! zappaman May 2012 #3

Hooo-leeee shit. So, the bomber...wasn't? Poll_Blind May 2012 #4

Uh-oh...the Saudis again! KansDem May 2012 #8

I called it yesterday as a PR stunt as damage control for all the people they have been murdering. Arctic Dave May 2012 #20

Yeah, that Obama character is a real bastard Nuclear Unicorn May 2012 #28

Obama is part of the CIA? Who knew? Arctic Dave May 2012 #34

Oh, I see. Obama is Bush to Panetta's Cheney. Nuclear Unicorn May 2012 #35

So you are saying Obama is involved in the day to day Arctic Dave May 2012 #37

Keeping us safe by creating, then foiling their own plots. DCKit May 2012 #6

Yes, cuz Al Qaida would never think of hurting us zappaman May 2012 #7

I admire your determination whatchamacallit May 2012 #11

I admire your determination zappaman May 2012 #12

Lol, one thing's for sure whatchamacallit May 2012 #13

Ever notice how these posts always blame the amorphous "they" Nuclear Unicorn May 2012 #30

This is actually a common "policing" tactic and has been around a long time. Ash_F May 2012 #39

Everything is Broken... Bennyboy May 2012 #9

Including the link. TalkingDog May 2012 #10

Should be fixed now Amerigo Vespucci May 2012 #25

If you can't trust an Al-Qaida bomber any more, who can you trust? slackmaster May 2012 #14

LOL truly n/t flamingdem May 2012 #38

So now the terrorist market has declined so precipitously that we have to subsidize them . . . MrModerate May 2012 #15

We've always subsidized them. Now, we're staffing them, too. nt EFerrari May 2012 #27

FEAR, FEAR, TERRA, TERRA! Odin2005 May 2012 #16

Bush/Chemey set the stage for this and Romney gave the final go-ahead cosmicone May 2012 #17

It sucks to be AQ these days - they cannot trust anyone now, including their own jpak May 2012 #18

I guess his cover is blown. TahitiNut May 2012 #19

Please fix your link. (nt) Skinner May 2012 #21

Not sure what happened, but... Amerigo Vespucci May 2012 #23

Thanks. Skinner May 2012 #24

I could easily join in on the cynicism in this thread, but this actually seems like a good thing. truthisfreedom May 2012 #22

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! zappaman May 2012 #29

FBI organizes almost all terror plots in the US jakeXT May 2012 #26

It's kind of like the David Berkowitz thing Nuclear Unicorn May 2012 #31

You have to give them credit for bringing some of the dumbest of the dumb out of the woodwork slackmaster May 2012 #32

Change that lead to,"The CIA had America fooled from the beginning." Much of Al-Qaida is the CIA. leveymg May 2012 #33

Al-CIA-DUH, run for your lives. sarcasmo May 2012 #36